Joel Keith Dillenburg, 43, of Lorena, Texas, reportedly took his own life after a deputy approached the vehicle that was parked on the side of Louisiana Highway 33 near the Lincoln-Union Parish line, the sheriff said.

A Pafford Ambulance Service crew called the sheriff’s office around 1 a.m. Aug. 18 reporting that a car had pulled to the side of the road.

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Gilmore’s poster is a graphically done landscape featuring the sun rising over rolling green hills with a fully ripened peach in the foreground. A banner reading “Louisiana Peach Festival” lies across the brightly colored scene. Shades of purple, indigo, red and orange give way to the brilliant yellow sun on the horizon.

Members from Louisiana’s six chapters of Epsilon Sigma Alpha International are meeting in Ruston this weekend for the state’s 34th annual convention of the women’s leadership, service and philanthropic group.

Ruston’s Zeta Rho chapter is sponsoring the event. Zeta Rho cooperates with Z-107.5 radio station each year to put on the area’s St. Jude Radiothon, which this year netted approximately $125,000.

An idea for the Montessori School of Ruston has finally come to fruition with a set of renovations that has allowed the school to expand.

Renovations included the addition of an outdoor classroom and redesigning the interior of the building to accommodate a new toddler program.

Those responsible for the renovations included three Louisiana Tech University professors — Robert Brooks, Marla Emory and Brad Deal. Brooks and Emory are also partners in the firm Studio Brooks-Emory.

With Louisiana known around the country as “The Sportsman’s Paradise” for its great fishing and hunting experiences, one can only assume guns are ingrained as a part of the culture.
That culture was strengthened this past week as the Senate voted Tuesday to approve final passage of Senate Bill 303, which will head to the polls in November for a vote among the state’s registered voters.

The bill, which would set tougher standards for restricting the use of firearms, was passed easily through both the House and Senate — with a 77-22 vote in the House and a 34-4 vote in the Senate — but whether or not the voters of the state uphold that decision is still up in the air.